"Crystallize and RodjER are very pleasant and purposeful guys, and I am happy to welcome them to the roster of Natus Vincere. I hope that our cooperation will be long and productive!"

Statement from Yevhen Zolotarov — CEO of Natus Vincere:

"At last, we've finalized the tryouts and can announce two new players of the roster: RodjER and Crystallize are the newcomers. Dota 2 fans know Vladimir pretty well, because he used to play for Team Empire. He transferred to NaVi from this team. Vladislav, on the other hand, has not had much exposure on the pro scene. Nevertheless, he demonstrated good and mature performance during the practices. This fact influenced our decision to invite him to NaVi. I am sure that the players will meet our expectations and will earn us the long-awaited titles.

I also want to inform the fans, who were worried, if we would participate in the qualifiers to the first Minor tournaments. Tomorrow the players will gather for the bootcamp and will play the qualification games there. Wait for a more detailed information in the near future. Finally, I'd like to express my sincere gratitude to our dedicated fans for their patience and I kindly ask to support our new line-up, since support helps people not to lose their hearts, to become stronger and work twice as hard. This is your contribution to the future success of the team. We'll do everything that depends on management and the team to succeed".

wish them the best. hopefully getting unknown talent somehow they end up getting the next miracle or something. I'd say sonneiko and general were random pickups at the time and they've ended up pretty well. now just a few more merry go rounds and we'll have a decent team? really hope they get their leadership solved though. that seems to be one of the biggest problems

seeing dendi do well in fpl against the likes of miracle was encouraging

Dendi in pubs a great player but the problem with him playing for Navi is one dimensional drafts. Pajkatt was not the best captain in my opinion and Sonneiko is a bit fickle for my liking. Pajkatt's drafts were predictable and repetitive, while Sonneiko's don't cater to the team as a whole and they are also a bit repetitive. I've seen some of Crysttalize's games and he looks solid though it remains to be seen how well he Carry's compared to others. Rodger is a good proven support with a lot of pro experience which is good. I do see him as an improvement to Biver and RMN. Ultimately I feel like the team is good but not great. I prayed for weeks for Reso to join NaVi but even I knew the chances of that were slim. He is gonna kill at OG. I heard some rumblings that OG didn't officially make an offer to Dendi but apparently some of the players who are friends with him floated the idea to him. I really wish he took it because it would have been great for him.